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The death of María Isabel Pillco illustrates how far the country has to go in changing a culture of domestic abuse.
LA PAZ, Bolivia — María Isabel Pillco’s body lay on a table in the city morgue. A doctor was conducting an autopsy on it, peeling back layers of skin and tissue. It was early (...)

Bolivian women have been staging protests against the high levels of violence inflicted on women.
Two years after the murder of an outspoken female councillor ushered in new legislation outlawing political violence against women in Bolivia, campaigners say a culture of harassment remains, as (...)